Joiners marking-gage



(No Modl.)

- E. HESTER.

JOINERS MARKING GAGE.

No. 291,728. Patented Jan. 8, 1884.

INVENTOR.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

EBENEZER HESTER, OF UNIONVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

JOINERS MARKING-GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,768, dated January8, 1884,

Application filed November 26,1583.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, EBENEZER Hnsrnn, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Unionville, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inJoiners Marking-Gages; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my improved joiners marking-gage. Fig. 2 is a section on line 00 m,Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a detail View of. the screw securing the gage-rodin its block.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to marking-gages for joiners and carpentersuse; and it con sists in the improved construction and combination ofparts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a block having atransverse perforation, B, in which a rod, C, slides. The outer end ofthis rod is provided with a small wheel, D, journaled upon the end ofthe same, which wheel may either have a smooth or serrated edge, andserves to mark in the surface of the lumber, as the rod is adjusted inthe block or fence, the distance between the fence and the marker-wheel,the fence being slid along the edge of the lumber to be scribed, and themarker-wheel scribing the line in the same manner as with the usualmarking-gage. The rod may be adjusted in the perforation in the fence bymeans of ascrew, E, passing down (X0 model.)

through a vertical perforation, F, passing at the side of the transverseperforation and slightly entering its periphery at one side, and thescrew has a recess, G, at the side facing the transverse perforation,corresponding to the periphery of the same, and a thumb-nut, H, upon itsupper end, by means of which the screw may be drawn upward, bringing thelower end of the recess to bear against the side of the rod, wcdging therod firmly in the perforation. In this manner it will be easilyunderstood that the gage may be adjusted to scribe at any distance fromthe fence, the rod being preferably graduated to enable the person usingit to read the distance, and the wheel will be less apt to be guided bythe grain of the wood in marking with the same, and thus make a falsemark, than the usual markingpoint, while the recessed screw will wedgethe rod firmly in the perforation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- The combination, in a inarkinggage,of a block or fence having a transverse perforation and averticalperforation intersecting the periphery of the transverse perforation, arod sliding in the transverse perforation and hav ing a marker at itsend, a screw fitting in the vertical perforation having a concave orrecess in its side, and a thumb-nut fitting upon the end of the screw,as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EBENEZER I-IESTER.

Witnesses:

IlIARTIN L. Pansoxs, DIARY L. PARSOXS.

